Urine Screening for Drugs by EMIT

✍ Scribed by S.M. Fletcher

• Book ID: 104119321
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 456 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0015-7368
• DOI: 10.1016/s0015-7368(81)71414-2

✦ Synopsis

Homogenous enzyme immunoassay (EMIT) reagents for the detection of amphetamines, bwodiazepines, cocaine metabolite, methadone, opiates and dextropropoxyphene in urine were evaluated using an automated clinical analyser. Reproducibility of analyses was excellent, speajicity good, and interference from unrelated drugs and urine preservatives low. When used on a variety of case urine samples no false negatives were observed and several unexpected positive E M I T results were obtained. The reagents thus appear suitable for screening urine samples in forensic cases for these drugs.